Israeli occupation soldiers on Thursday shot dead a Palestinian in the occupied West Bank.

Israeli occupation soldiers on Thursday shot dead a Palestinian in the occupied West Bank.

Israeli media claimed that the Palestinian attacked an Israeli soldier, lightly wounding him.

The incident occurred near the Al-Arroub refugee camp between al-Khalil and Bethlehem.

The Palestinian health ministry identified the martyred Palesttinian as Ibrahim al-Gharooz Baradeah, 45.

The occupied territories have been, since October 1, rocked by a wave of operations against Zionists in retaliation of the Israeli repressive measures against the Palestinians across the West Bank and especially in al-Quds.

Zionist settlers backed by occupation forces have been repeatedly storming the holy al-Aqsa Mosque, sparking Palestinian anger.

However the occupation forces have been brutally attacking the Palestinians under the pretext of staging stabbing attacks.

The Palestinian operations since the start of October have killed 28 Israelis, while the Israeli occupation forces killed 201 Palestinians.